Geography
World's largest desert.
What is the Sahara
Who defeated the Egyptians in 525 B.C.? Person/empire
What was Egypt's elaborate writing system called?
Hieroglyphics
What were the pyramids used for?
Tombs.
What was the first empire to rule the Middle East after Sumer?
Bablyon
World's longest river
What is the Nile.
Who united the 2 states of Egypt and became the first Pharaoh of all of Egypt?
Who is Menes.
What shape best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society?
Pyramid
700
Name of the highway linking China to the Roman world.
The Silk Road
What direction does the Nile flow?
South to North
Teenage Pharaoh who died at age 18 but had an elaborate tomb with exquisite treasures.
King Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Grew along the Nile and was a early form of paper.
Papyrus
What were many Egyptians illiterate?
Because of the complexity and difficulty of the hieroglyphic language.
What was ancient Sumerian writing called?
Cuneiform
This is the world's second largest continent
Africa
This Pharaoh is responsible for The Great Pyramids of Giza being built.
Cheops
What does polytheistic mean?
Belief in many gods.
What 2 things was the city of Alexandria famous for?
1. The Library
2. The Lighthouse
What is the world's oldest work of literature outside of the Bible?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
What gave ancient Egypt a level of protection from foreign invasion. Be specific. List 3 things.
Natural Barriers.
1.The Mediterranean Sea
2. the Sahara
3. Red Sea.
Who was known as the Greek "Father of History"?
Herodotus
What is the Rosetta Stone
How many workers were needed to build The Great Pyramids of Giza and how long did it take?
100,000 workers. 20 years
What Babylonian ruler established 300 laws to "cause justice to prevail in the land."
Hammurabi